Tornado strong at Oregon Relays

EUGENE — North Medford's Halley Folsom finished in third place in the 300-meter hurdles and Blake Spencer improved on his state-best mark in the 800 during the Oregon Relays in track and field action at Hayward Field on Saturday.

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Posted Apr. 21, 2013 at 12:01 AM

Posted Apr. 21, 2013 at 12:01 AM

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EUGENE — North Medford's Halley Folsom finished in third place in the 300-meter hurdles and Blake Spencer improved on his state-best mark in the 800 during the Oregon Relays in track and field action at Hayward Field on Saturday.

Fifty-five high school teams from around the region participated.

Folsom recorded a time of 45.83 seconds, while Spencer finished in 1:54.96 — marking the second best time in North Medford's program history.

Also for the Black Tornado, Emily Carlson captured eighth in the long jump (16-93/4). Luke Fotualli picked up eighth in the 300 hurdles (40.93) and 10th in the 110 hurdles (15.58).

Preston Chachere secured eighth in the javelin (165-7) and L.T. Hoak was ninth in the pole vault (12-51/2) for North, while Ray Schireman's 10th-place finish in the 3,000 (8:57) came with the second best time in school history.

North's 4x400 relay squad — made up of Spencer, Tim Beick, Fotualli and Devyn Baldovino — came in 11th (3:32.21).

The Black Tornado finished in 33rd place out of 55 teams in combined team scoring. Federal Way, Wash., won the team competition.

ASHLAND 6, WILLAMETTE 2 — At Ashland, Ashland's top two singles players, Ashley Knecht and Anne Kim, and No. 1 doubles team of Hanna Greenberg and Vika O'Brien all remained undefeated at Hunter Park.

With two weeks remaining in the regular season, Greenberg and O'Brien, the defending Class 5A state doubles champions, remained perfect on the season with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Kiersten Meininger and Miranda Williams.